Edward Hussey I (d.1742)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730 - 1735
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
876 x 692 mm (34 1/2 x 27 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 792018
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Hussey I (d.1742), British (English) School, circa 1730-1735. A three-quarter-length portrait, facing, gazing at the spectator, in blue skirts with lilac revers and gold trim, with a bird's nest containing two baby birds in his right hand, and clutching another bird in his left hand, in a landscape of hills and a tree on the left. One of a set of six pictures by the same artist, of Thomas Hussey I, his wife H. Frances Lake, and their four children- Thomas Hussey II, John Hussey, Edward Hussey and Frances Hussey. The parents are shown in painted ovals, head-and-shoulders, and the children as three-quarter-lengths.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Scotney Castle by Christopher Edward Clive Hussey (1899-1970)
Credit line
Scotney Castle, The Hussey Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist